Pakistan`s Peshawar world`s `largest reservoir` of polio: WHO

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:08

The World Health Organization on Friday declared Pakistan`s troubled northwestern city of Peshawar as the world`s "largest reservoir" of polio and called for urgent action to boost vaccination.

Senior PLM-N leader escapes bid on life in NW Pakistan

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 19:20

Amir Muqam, an advisor to Pakistan`s Prime Minister, on Sunday narrowly escaped an attempt on his life in the country`s restive northwest though six security personnel were killed in the roadside bomb attack.

US envoy visits Peshawar

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 20:22

US Ambassador Richard Olson on Friday visited this restive northwest Pakistani city for a series of meetings with officials and business and religious leaders.

Pakistan terror casualties up 20%: Report

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 20:54

Militant attacks in Pakistan killed nearly 2,500 people in 2013, up 20 percent from the year before, according to a think-tank which said the government`s "appeasement approach" had let the Taliban make a comeback.

12 killed in blasts in NW Pakistan

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 16:11

Twelve people, including three children and a 14-year-old student, were killed and a dozen others injured in blasts and a suicide attack in northwest Pakistan on Monday.

An afternoon at a porn cinema in Pakistan Taliban`s heartland

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 14:17

Three times a day dozens of men pack the auditorium, the air heavy with hashish smoke, to watch graphic sex movies: welcome to the Shama -- a pornographic cinema in Pakistan`s Taliban heartland.

Hindu woman allegedly kidnapped in Peshawar

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 23:39

A 25-year-old Hindu woman was allegedly kidnapped by unidentified persons in this northwestern Pakistani city, her relatives said on Sunday.

Three security personnel killed in Peshawar blast

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 12:46

A roadside bomb blast on Monday killed three personnel of the bomb disposal unit who were on their way to defuse another explosive device elsewhere in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan`s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

2 policemen injured in Pak blast

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 20:37

At least two policemen were injured on Friday when a bomb targeting a police van went off in Pakistan`s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Policeman guarding polio team shot dead

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 21:06

A Pakistani policeman was killed and another injured by suspected militants who attacked policemen guarding a team of polio vaccinators in the northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.

Curfew imposed in northwest Pak after two policemen shot dead

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 15:42

Two policemen were shot dead today during a rally in northwest Pakistan to protest recent sectarian clashes in Rawalpindi, forcing authorities to impose a curfew and deploy the Army.